INSTRUCTION IN THE MEANTIME.
TURNING TO AN ANNIVERSARY MARK
THIS WEEK, JANUARY 6, 2021
SHOCKING SCENES AS DONALD TRUMP
SUPPORTERS STORMED THE U.S.
CAPITOL LOOKING TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION.
HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE BREACH,
INCLUDING SIX FROM WISCONSIN.
DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATOR TAMMY
BALDWIN SPOKE FROM THE SENATE
FLOOR NOW A YEAR LATER.
>> FAR TOO MANY WOULD LIKE TO
WHITEWASH THE VIOLENT DAY AND
PRETEND THE INSURRECTION WAS NOT
AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO
DEMOCRACY.
WE HAVE COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE
INEXPLICABLY SAID THE VIOLENT
MOB WAS A GROUP OF MERE
TOURISTS.
MY REPUBLICAN COUNTERPART FROM
THE GREAT STATE OF WISCONSIN
EVEN CALLED JANUARY 6 A PEACEFUL
PROTEST.
THESE FLY IN THE FACE OF THE
TRUTH.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND WE CANNOT
ALLOW THE TRUTH TO BE BURIED.
WE MUST ALL CONDEMN THIS
INSURRECTION IN NO UNCERTAIN
TERMS AS WELL AS THE BIG LIE
ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION THAT
DROVE THE MOB TO DESECRATE THIS
HALLOWED CHAMBER.
AND WE MUST HONOR AND STRENGTHEN
OUR DEMOCRACY BY PASSING
LEGISLATION THAT PUTS AN END TO
THESE CEASELESS ATTACKS ON
VOTERS AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
ELECTIONS.
>> FOR HIS PART, REPUBLICAN
SENATOR RON JOHNSON'S OFFICE
SENT OUT A STATEMENT THAT SAID
SENATOR JOHNSON IMMEDIATELY AND
REPEATEDLY CONDEMNED THE
VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED ON
JANUARY 6MENT ENLZ THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE DESERVE A FULL AND
ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF WHAT
HAPPENED AND HE ALSO DETAILED
THE QUESTIONS HE'S RAISED ABOUT
JUST WHO WAS INVOLVED CITING
AGENT PROVOCATEURS AND FAKE
TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
SCOTT FITZGERALD ALSO REACTED TO
THE ANNIVERSARY AND THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH MARKING THE
OCCASION.
HE TWEETED OUT, QUOTE, THE
PRESIDENT CREATED MORE DIVISION,
NOT UNITY, IN HIS SPEECH TODAY.
THE V.P. SHAMELESSLY LIKENED
JANUARY 6 TO SEPTEMBER 11 AND
PEARL HARBOR, BOTH ATTACKS THAT
LEFT THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS
MURDERED.
THIS ISN'T LEADERSHIP, HE SAID.
THIS IS THEATER TO DISTRACT FROM